9. Silent Spikes Midnight Moment in Times Square
Kenneth Tam’s Silent Spikes reexamines the roles of Asian Americans in Western culture. Presented across over 75 digital billboards in Times Square every night this June, the work features Asian American men of all ages dressed in traditional cowboy garb acting out typical cowboy and rodeo gestures. The work takes on the issue of idealized myth of Western masculinity. Silent Spikes is presented in partnership with The Queens Museum.
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest and longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight. Silent Spikes runs from June 1–30, 2021.